172381P.pdf   05/04/2018  Cecelia Webb  v.  City of Maplewood
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2381
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In action alleging City's policies and 
   practices of issuing warrants for persons who failed to pay traffic 
   tickets and requiring them to either pay a preset bond or be jailed 
   violated their due process and equal protection rights, the district court 
   did not err in denying the City's motion for summary judgment based on 
   immunity from suit, as municipalities do not enjoy a constitutionally 
   protected immunity from suit; argument that the City is entitled to 
   immunity under the Eleventh Amendment because the municipal court is an 
   arm of the State and is responsible, as the real party in interest, for 
   the disputed policies is unsupported by case law; argument that the City 
   is immune from suit because all of the individuals the complaint 
   identifies as participating in the contested practices are personally 
   immune, does not mean the City cannot be liable for their unlawful acts; a 
   municipality may be held liable for its unconstitutional policy or custom 
   even when no official has been found personally liable for her conduct 
   under the policy or custom.